Folding ironing-board.



J. A. HARRIS.

FOLDING IBONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1014.

Patented D80, 15, 1914 Ma n @S-SQ/SF- JOHN A. HARRIS/OE L015 .ALN C rELEg, CALIFO'BEUA.

FCLDING! IRONIHGGOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 18, ion. Serial No. seam-asv To all whom mm concern it known tint 1, JOHN A. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at 1849 West Jefferson street, Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State t California, have invented a new and useful Folding Ironing- Bonrd, of which the following is u specification.

My object is to make a folding ironing hoard which may be rigidly mounted upon the wall and which will fold up against the Well when out of use and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is n side elevation of folding irol lng hoard embodying the principles of my intention fastened to a, Wail and in position for use. Fi :2 is a front view with ihe door open indicnteil by the arrow A 1. Fig 3 a fragmentary, sectional demo" on tl'li ii 0 of Fig. 4-. Fig. 4

' story, sectional detail on the line Fig. is a fi-u 'inentnry,

sectional detail on the line 5 l) oi" Fig. 4.

The (using attached to the wall 2 by brackets 3-, casing" being rectangular in front elevation and high enough to receive the ironing hoard -l-. The casing 1 compries the si and i5 and the ends 7 and S together lilac a box. A, netnl *Zorms the nick 2 of the easing, and me front is closed by n swinging Bearing blocks 10 and 11 are in "dly mounted in the lower ourserted one i l o the 1.; has pin-- nets casing; 1 and the our tles 13 upon its ends es; s ling loosely lllLO the hencinfi, l'JlO 4 l0 and it. he lnn l-i i igid v swim to the (L-Hit? of thl I" y i or cousiderunle length iitwtll 15 are secured to the lower tin-e end of the board l and pintles the front (3 extend from the upper end oi the brace l-l into these hearing blocks Guide blocks 17 and 18 me fastened against the inner faces of the side pieces 5 and (I- so as to form the guide ways 19 and pintlos il extend from the lower corners of the board at into these guide Ways Notches ill are formed near the upper end of the guide block 17 to re ceive the pintles 20 when the board proper its horizontal position. A stop plate -s secured across each guide Way 19 and.

to the inner faces of the guide bars 1'? and 1S nbove the notches M to hold the pint-les 30 from going above the notches 521.

"i'ledges 23 are mounted in the upper ends of the guide ways l9, there being pins 2 1 o suiting through L shaped slots 25 so that tie Wedges may slide up and down, the lower ends of said wedges fitting behind the pintles 20 to hold said pintles in the notches 21.

When the ironing board is in itsfolded position as in Fig. 2-,the pintles 20 are in the lower ends o'r' the guide ways 19, the brace 14. is folded up against the lower face of the board and the hoei- 4 is between the side pieces 5 and 8. ivhen it is desired to use the ironing board the door 9 is opened and the board pulled to :1 horizontal position, the pintles 20 sliding upwardly in the guide ways 19 to the notches 21 and then the wedges 23 are 'nressed downwardly and the, board is held rigidly 111 its horizontal position.

The ironing board as shown and described is to be )rodnced as on article of manufacture res y to be installed by attaching the brackets 3 to the wall, and this-portable, self contained feature distinguishes my ini'-'-ntioi=. to that extent "from the construotions of other disappearing articles which :ire built into the Wells.

'llu: details of, construction may be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit of my invention as set up in the follOl-v'l claim;

construction lower corners oitheironing board proger into'these guide Ways there bein note es near the hpper ends of the guide b oaks and near 'the{ receive sald pintles stop plates secured across "each guide way above the notches and wedges slidingl y mountedin th''ilpper' ends hotch es.

JOHN A. HARRIS.

' Witnesses:

CLARENCE J. WILLIAMS, SEMER G. WEL'Ls. 

